John James Audubon

Most American wildlife artists don't think twice when it comes to taking the super-realistic path pioneered so spectacularly by the great John James Audubon in the early 1800s.

No one had ever seen anything like his closely observed, disarmingly lifelike portraits when — after more than a dozen years of demanding work in the field and studio — his landmark "Birds of North America" collection began to appear in 1827. And so great was the acclaim for this historic tour de force that — nearly 200 years later — an army of artists is still trying to match his astonishing benchmark.

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